These are undated contributed headshots of Jullian Mickel, left, Darrian Beasely, center, and Tymeen Williams, all of whom are being held for trial in the investigation of the alleged Erie gang known as the Stick Up Kidz.CONTRIBUTED/ERIE TIMES-NEWS

Prosecutors withdrew criminal charges against four suspects, while three others were held for trial on fewer charges after the second day of court hearings for a group known as the Stick Up Kidz.

Eight of 17 people charged so far in the ongoing investigation into the alleged gang were scheduled to appear before Erie 2nd Ward District Judge Paul Urbaniak for court hearings on Monday.

Police have said they believe the group committed a variety of violent and property crimes in and around the city of Erie.

Police allege that Beasley and Williams robbed and shot a 30-year-old man in the 400 block of West Eighth Street on Oct. 10 as members of the Stick Up Kidz.

But all of the charges filed against them in that incident, including the corruptorganization counts and charges of attempted homicide, were withdrawn when the victim and witnesses to the shooting failed to show up for court Monday morning.

Prosecutors also withdrew on Monday a charge of criminal solicitation to commit burglary against Williams, and a charge of conspiracy to commit burglary filed against 24-year-old Deltuan D. Williams, related to a burglary in Millcreek Township.

Erie police detectives investigated that incident as part of the broader Stick Up Kidz probe. The charges were withdrawn after lawyers for the two men argued in court Monday that testimony presented by a Millcreek police officer during a hearing did not prove that a burglary had occurred.

Erie County Assistant District Attorney Roger Bauer additionally withdrew charges of corrupt organizations and conspiracy at corrupt organizations that police had filed against Husband.

Detectives had added those charges in January to an October robbery case against Husband. Other charges in the robbery case were held for trial in November.

Mickel was held for trial on charges in two criminal cases after a nearly two-hour hearing Monday afternoon.

Mickel was ordered to stand trial on six criminal charges in the alleged robbery of an Erie man on the city's east side on Oct. 4. He was also held for trial on four of 13 charges filed against him, including one count of corrupt organizations, for his alleged involvement in the Stick Up Kidz.

Those who testified during the hearing included Javonne Lucas, 21, who is also charged with corrupt organizations and other crimes in the Stick Up Kidz probe. Lucas said under questioning by Bauer that Mickel had entered her East Ninth Street apartment in late October seconds before police knocked on the door and asked for permission to search it.

When Lucas returned to the apartment with the police, she said she saw a handgun on a couch and police found a rifle elsewhere in the apartment. Both guns were reported stolen in burglaries that some of the alleged Stick Up Kidz members are accused of committing, according to detectives.

Lucas also testified that she saw Mickel enter a residence across the street from hers that was burglarized -- a crime police also say was committed by members of the Stick Up Kidz.

Two others who appeared in court on Monday waived their hearings and will face trial on reduced charges.

Desiree L. Husband, 21, waived misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to tamper with evidence and obstructing the administration of law to trial under an agreement with prosecutors that led to the withdrawal of a felony count of hindering apprehension.

Antonio Gillespie, 26, waived to trial a misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property after prosecutors withdrew counts of possession with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Tareek A. Hanner, 20, was scheduled to have his hearing Monday on three criminal charges, but the hearing was postponed.

Nine others charged in the Stick Up Kidz probe had court hearings on March 27. Three waived their hearings, five were held for trial after hearings and one, 26-year-old Tyshawn Shields, had the charges against him dismissed at the end of his hearing.

Police refiled two charges against Shields, misdemeanor counts of receiving stolen property and conspiracy at receiving stolen property, on April 1. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on May 22.

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